This text explores the nature and extent of racial discrimination, and the successes and failures of equal opportunities programmes. A successful balance of important articles and specially written contributions, it presents analyses of institutional racism in immigration law, housing, social work, employment training and the criminal justice system.

General Introduction
PART ONE: RACISM: THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION
The Politics of Immigration Since 1945 - John Solomos
The British Trade Union Movement and Racism - Annie Phizacklea and Robert Miles
`Same Difference¿ - Colin Brown
The Persistence of Racial Disadvantage in the British Employment Market
Women of South Asian Origin in Britain - Avtar Brah
issues and concerns
Black Women and the British State - Amina Mama
Race, Class and Gender Analysis for the 1990s
PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Racism and Housing - Norman Ginsburg
Concepts and Reality
New Vocationalism, Old Racism and the Careers Service - John Wrench
Black Workers in the Labour Market - Richard Jenkins
An Uncaring Profession? An Examination of Racism in Social Work - Lena Dominelli
Black People and the Criminal Law - Paul Gordon
Rhetoric and Reality
PART THREE: RACISM AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY
A Political Analysis of Local Struggles for Racial Equality - G Ben-Tovim et al
The Theory and Practice of Equal Opportunities Policies - Nick Jewson and David Mason
Liberal and Radical Approaches
Equal Opportunities Policy and Race Equality - Peter Gibbon
Approaches to Policy Development in the Field of Equal Opportunities - Ken Young
Race Equality and the Limits of Law - L Lustgarten and J Edwards